A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 285
Back at the hotel, as soon as the wound was treated, Arthur learned that Sheriff Lambert was already waiting for him.

"Mr. Morgan, I'm sorry to bother you so late."

Arthur sat on the sofa, shirtless and with a bandage on his abdomen. He motioned for Lambert to sit down and said:
"It's so late, and Chief Lambert is still not resting. Is there anything important you come here to see me for?"

Lambert was not in a hurry to speak, but seriously thought about how to speak. You know, a lot of things happened today.

Arthur could tell that Lambert seemed to have more than one thing on his mind, and was clearly unsure whether he should speak or not.

This made him very curious. Although his actions tonight looked and sounded lively, the final result was nothing more than the death of two people.

Doesn't seem worthy of Lambert's appearance?
So what else is going on with Lambert looking like this?

With this question in mind, Arthur stood up and poured himself and Lambert a glass of wine from the small wine cabinet on the side. After placing the wine glass in front of him, he asked tentatively:
"Is it so difficult to speak?"

"It's not that...well, Mr. Morgan, do you know the Hongmen Club in Chinatown?" Lambert suddenly looked up at Arthur with a serious face and asked.

Of course Arthur knew about the Hongmen Hall, but why did Lambert ask himself this?
If I remember correctly, Hong Men's people should still be busy clearing up the territory they snatched from Bronte.

Could it be that there was some big movement that he didn't know about?
"I've heard of it, but I haven't had any contact with it. So, what happened to the Hongmen Guild Hall?"

Seeing Arthur pretending to be all ears, Lambert didn't show off, he said directly:
"The Hongmen Guild Hall was bloodbathed."

"?"

Before Arthur could ask questions, Lambert continued:

"The whole hall was full of bullet holes and bullet casings. It seemed like someone had set up a machine gun inside and fired wildly for a long time. They killed many people..."

"Is Zheng Shixiong dead? When did it happen?" Arthur interrupted. At this time, he had unconsciously thought of the man tonight and the terrible children who called him 'dad'.

When he heard Arthur call out the name 'Zheng Shixiong', Lambert looked like he knew it, but he wasn't too surprised. He replied:
"No, he happened to be out of the club and went to play cards with friends."

"Do you know who did it? Or did anyone see the perpetrator?"

"..."

Lambert was silent for a while, and then said uncertainly:
"This is the weird part. I asked people who were nearby at the time, and they didn't see anyone suspicious, except for a very beautiful little girl in a black skirt. She was dressed strangely and had a baby on her back. Apart from the fact that the piano case, which was about the same height as her, was remembered, they didn’t see anyone else of note appearing at all.”

A very beautiful little girl wearing a black skirt. After hearing this description, Arthur suddenly remembered the name 'Sister Gretel' that the blond boy in the corridor had mentioned before he died...

Could it be that this little girl is Gretel?
Hongmen Guild Hall, she is the murderer?

This is a very reasonable conjecture. These little monsters and that man are all Bronte's people, and it is also reasonable for Hongmen to be regarded as a target. After all, they have taken Bronte's territory, which can be regarded as starting a war with him.

On the opposite side, Lambert, who had been paying attention to Arthur's expression, very keenly discovered that Arthur's behavior after listening to his words seemed to know some inside story.

However, unlike his previous guess, it seemed that Arthur did not do this?

In fact, before visiting Arthur in the evening, Lambert always thought that this was Arthur's handiwork, but now it seems that this judgment seems to be wrong.

In Lambert's opinion, Arthur's appearance of guessing the murderer did not look like he was pretending.

"Mr. Morgan, do you know anything?" "No, I don't know anything, but I would like to thank you, Chief Lambert, for thinking of sending me such important news late at night. ." Arthur said politely.

Lambert believed that Arthur did not do this, but he did not believe that Arthur really knew nothing, so he said seriously:

"Mr. Morgan, since you don't want to say anything, I won't ask any more questions, but I want to know, will this matter affect my public hanging of O'Drisik in the future?"

What Lambert is worried about is not the death of these gang members. The people who died in the club were all illegal immigrants. To a certain extent, they were not even citizens, and no one cared about their life or death, so these were very important to him. It's not important at all.

Lambert's only worry is whether this matter will affect him. After all, he has learned from Arthur that O'Drisik is planning to rob the prison during the execution. What he wants to determine is whether this matter will affect him. There will be other surprises.

As for Lambert's worries, Arthur could also guess a rough idea. After thinking about it, he said:
"There may be a little disturbance in the past few days, but the only thing you need to worry about is whether the noose you prepared for Odrisk during the execution is strong enough."

"I hope so, Mr. Morgan, I have announced the news of hanging O'Drisk. No matter what, I hope you can do what you promised, so that I don't have to worry about the members of the O'Drisk gang who are preparing to rob the prison. "

It's understandable that Lambert is worried about Arthur, but his words always seem to make people feel that he is not at ease with himself?

However, there was nothing to explain to him, Arthur smiled and said:

"Then, it's getting late, so I won't keep you any longer, Sheriff."

"Ah, that's right. It's almost time for me to go back to sleep. Mr. Morgan, one last thing, the two people you killed tonight, one big and one small, seemed to be a gangster who entered the country illegally. This is nothing, but The big one, his identity is very interesting."

Lambert had no intention of leaving at all. He knew that Arthur would definitely care about what he said, so after he finished speaking, he waited for Arthur to ask him.

Arthur frowned unconsciously. He still remembered that person, the sleeping guard sitting at the door of Bronte's safe house.

Interesting identity?

Now it seems that since the whole thing tonight is a plot, then the guard at the door is not actually a guard, but also has an interesting identity, which does not seem to be too surprising.

"Oh? What's your identity? Also, I have to correct your statement, Chief Lambert. What do you mean I killed you tonight? I stayed in the hotel all night and didn't go anywhere."

Regarding Arthur's words, Lambert directly acquiesced. It was not that he was planning to cause trouble for Arthur anyway. He was just adhering to the attitude of taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, and he just reminded Arthur dutifully.

"This man's public identity is Bronte's bodyguard, but I happen to also know his other identity, Agent Pinkerton."

"..."

This is so damn reasonable.

Agent Pinkerton, this would explain why a station for Arthur had a sleeping Bronte guard sitting at the door.

It seems that Pinkerton's group not only monitored themselves, they also sent people to monitor Bronte. This is only right. Rain and dew are equally affected. There is no reason why Bronte is so important to them and is not here. The reason why he has a spy by his side.

Judging from the fact that the Pinkerton spy was left at the door by Bronte and the others, although Bronte did not know how he discovered his identity as a spy, this was not important to Arthur. What was important was that this incident made Arthur confirms that Pinkerton can send spies.

So just imagine, if the bodyguards around Bronte were installed by Pinkerton, are there people who were installed by Pinkerton around him?

(End of this chapter)